Section 2.3 Analyzing Pay
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Checkpoint 2.3
1. Javier is a short-order cook in a diner. He earns $10.11 per hour. He works 80
hours per month and receives a monthly allowance of $25 for his uniforms.
His friend, Alexander, is also a short-order cook in a diff erent diner. Alexander
earns $10.85 per hour and also works 80 hours per month. Alexander
receives a monthly allowance of $15 for his uniforms, but has to pay labor
union dues of $17.15 per month. Whose job has a higher annual value?
2. Olivia is a land surveyor who earns $56,700 annually. She receives a monthly
cell phone allowance of $22.50. She spends about $55 per month out of
her own pocket for fuel to drive to diff erent work sites. She has received a
job off er for an offi ce-based position as a survey analyst. It pays an annual
base salary of $62,370. However, she will need to join the municipal workers
labor union with dues of $11.55 per month. She will also have to pay $45 per
month to park in the city garage. Which job has the higher annual value?
3. Amir is a coal miner who earns $21.94 per hour and works 40 hours per
week. His recently negotiated labor contract will give him a 6.5% raise. How
much more gross pay per week will Amir have after this raise?
4. Belinda works as a pharmacy technician in a nursing home. She earns $14.10
per hour and works 40 hours per week. She just received a 4.75% raise. How
much higher will Belinda’s gross pay per week be because of this raise?
5. Nathaniel is an insurance underwriter. He earns $31.45 per hour, is paid
weekly, and works 40 hours per week. He is married and claims four
withholding allowances. Nathaniel lives in a state with a fl at-rate income tax
of 5.3%. He will receive a 5.25% raise. Determine the change in Nathaniel’s
net pay per paycheck. Use the tax tables in Figures 2-2 and 2-3 to fi nd the
federal withholding.